What is the reference for this Hadith and can it be quoted?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“God has removed the pride/arrogance of the days of ignorance and boasting about lineage. A person is either a pious believer or an evil sinner and the people are the children of Adam and Adam is from soil”
Answer:
Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) and has declared the Hadith authentic (hasanun sahih).
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3956)
The Hadith is therefore suitable to quote.
Imams Abu Dawud and Ahmad (rahimahumallah) have recorded this as part of a longer narration.
(Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith: 5075, Musnad Ahmad, vol. 2 pg. 361 and pg. 524)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar